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...for $20 to $24 and will probably retail in urban areas for $45 to $65, he said. The Missouri-based NationalChristmasTreeAssociation said Americans purchased nearly 29 million Christmas trees last year, down from about 33 million in 2005...

...an average real tree, according to the NationalChristmasTreeAssociation, is $40.50. Meanwhile, a 7-foot...according to a consumer survey by the NationalChristmasTreeAssociation. In 2000, the split was 32 million live...

...million trees may be sold this holiday season - nearly 1 million more than a year ago but still short of the all-time record of 37.2 million in 1995, said Laura Belger, a spokeswoman for the NationalChristmasTreeAssociation.

...households have natural Christmas trees that began to dry out the minute the saw hits the sap, according to the NationalChristmasTreeAssociation. Fires cause some $80 million in damage over Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and the day after Christmas...

...said. The city's Christmas tree recycling program is one of 4,000 across the nation, according to the NationalChristmasTreeAssociation. Trees can be ground to chips for a variety of uses, from mulch to hiking trails, the association's...

...chunks. Mulch improves weed control and water retention in the soil of planting beds, according to the NationalChristmasTreeAssociation. The association lists a number of uses for raw tree chips, including landscaping and path covering...

...often than not, they are used in addition to the traditional tree of green. Alarms are sounding at the NationalChristmasTreeAssociation, where it reports that studies have found "fewer people are buying real trees. Our traditional customers...

...thought, 'How do you do that at Wal-Mart?'" Jones said. Treeland has joined a nationwide effort by the NationalChristmasTreeAssociation to battle encroaching artificial tree sales by marketing the act of shopping itself as a traditional family...

...Agricultural Extension Service. Nationally, 33 million Christmas trees were sold last year, while the NationalChristmasTreeAssociation expects sales to increase by 1 million this season. Christmas tree prices ranged from $3.10 to $5...